Mineral and geochemical characterization of a leptic aluandic soil and a thapto aluandic-ferralsol developed on trachytes in Mount Bambouto (Cameroon volcanic line)

Geoderma

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 314-323

  Tematio, P ^a   Fritsch, E ^b   Hodson, M E ^c   Lucas, Y ^d   Bitom, D ^e   Bilong, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Andosolization; Cameroon volcanic line; Ferrallitization; Hydrolysis; Soil geochemistry; Soil mineralogy; Volcanic soils

Indexed keywords

ANDOSOLIZATION; CAMEROON VOLCANIC LINE; FERRALLITIZATION; SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL MINERALOGY; VOLCANIC SOILS;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; HYDRATES; HYDROLYSIS; IRON ORES; KAOLINITE; LUTETIUM; METAL COMPLEXES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; MOUNTINGS; OXIDE MINERALS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOIL SURVEYS; TANTALUM; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING; YTTERBIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

SOILS;

ANDOSOL; FERRALSOL; HALLOYSITE; HYDROLYSIS; MINERALOGY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PARAGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAPROLITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; TRACHYTE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; MOUNT BAMBOUTO; NORD OUEST PROVINCE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 68949178667     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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